Post by
Wangotango67 on Aug 18, 2021 3:33am
COBALITE CONUMBRUM
The date - 2000
Cobalite was detected - 2012 tech report bul lriver mine
The date - 2015
Samples of copper were taken inside the mine.
Cobalt was found in the copper ores.
900+/g of cobalt from 25 kg sample.
The date - January 28 2019
Topic - Cobalite.
Samples taken inside the mine walls
Cobalt analysis found - 0.05% cobalt presence.
1.1 lbs per tonne ( based on sample )
3 separate year class samplings
over a span of time - revealed - cobalite.
Flotation tests were perfromed in 2019.
Testing wanted ot see if the cobalite would report to the copper concentrates.
Cobalite actually reportred to the tailings.
Which isn't so bad, considering Braveheart had mentioned, cobalite credits may not be
recompencedin a copper, silver, gold concentrate. Braveheart has that chance of sending the tailings through another flotation curcuit and capturing the cobalite.
What if a 25% copper con was the simple end goal ?
It's then i would ask - what about the cobalite credits ?
What did Braveheart also say back in 2019 ?
Further cobaltite testing will be conducted on mineralized material from the surface stockpile within the next two months to determine whether a separate cobaltite and pyrite flotation circuit is warranted as an addition to the current mill circuit design.
https://braveheartresources.com/news/braveheart-resources-inc-evaluating-potential-for-cobaltite-recovery-at-newly-acquired-gallowai-bul-river-mine/
And just where are those further flotation test results + stockpile assays ?
Not a peep from Braveheart ever since this 2019 - press release.
What does transpire is,
Keele steps down Ian steps in - the only two things that associate to a cobalite since are
- contract is struck ( no mention about the cobalite ) contract is undisclosed.
- flotation cells purchased - no mention of they;ll accommodate cobalite.
If one backtracks and sifts the Purcell soil data that provides a keen insight to, a 30 part soil analysis - one wil lse ethere are a plethora of minerals with in the surrounding soils adjacenent to bul lriver mine.
Why would these soil samples be important ?
In short - if cobalite shows itself in the soil samples - over a large area - it would support the area for hosting cobalt. Even outside the main mine zone.
Should Braveheart signed a forward contract without first...
revelaing the -promised cobalt flotation testing - along with ores from the stockpiles ?
Reads as, rushed contract without first revealing ot shareholders the potential for a cobalite mineral credit. Just my own opinion.
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On another subject...
I took the liberty to sift the former Purcell's 30 part soil - mineral analysis.
For shhh and giggles i wanted to see what the soils, most likely placer sands or, tills from the ranges - would harbor in mineral values.
After all... there's quite a bit of interest out there with juniors seeking out older tailingd and wanting to mine the minerals left over in the tailings from various mines.
There are quite a few minerals in the tills near bull river mine.
I then calculated what sort of tonnage could be hosted in an area of 1500m x 800m area with a 1m depth. 1500m x 800m x 1m depth x 2.6 ore weight = 3,120,000 tonnes .
An area similar to size of the soil testing.
Last figure on columb = mineral tonnage per 3,120,000 - 1m depth.
30 ppm copper - 30/g per tonne - spot copper = $4.30 lb = 93.6 tonnes
80 ppm zinc - 80/g per tonne - spot zinc = $1.37 lb = 234 tonnes
15 ppm lead -15/g per tonne - spot lead = $1.10 lb = 46.8 tonnes
.30% Mg - 0.66 per tonne - spot Mg = $1.02 lb = 9,360 tonnes
300 ppm Mn - 300/g per tonne - spot Mn = $1.27 lb = 936 tonnes
14 ppm Ni - 14/g per tonne - spot Ni = $8.72 lb = 46,8 tonnes
.05% Titanium - 1.1 lb per tonne - spot Ti = $8.22/lb = 1,560 tonnes
20 ppm Strontium - 20/g tonne - spot Sr = $8.87 lb = 62.4 tonnes
10 ppm Chromium- 10/g tonne - spot Cr = $3.41lb = 31.2 tonnes
.05% Potassium - 1.1 lb per tonne - spot K = $.31 lb = 1,560 tonnes
30 ppm Thorium - 30/g per tonne - spot Th = $8.87 lb = 93.6 tonnes
2% Aluminum - 44 lbs per tonne - spot Al = $1.18 lb = 62,400 tonnes
Now... for any typical miner the grade values of the minerals are minimal,
but... as mentioned - many juniors are seeking to mine tailing ponds to extract
the remnants of left over minerals.
Keep in mind - those mineral soil values above are only ! 12 inches depth.
What would 10m depths report ?
How seep are those silt tills ?
Ores already milled.
What if the Aluminum credit was used as a run cost cashflow -
And al lother minerals extracted using several electrolysis cells ?
Each cells with its own target mineral plate that captures the dissolved mineral in acid as it passes over each plate.
Now... the question becomes -
why is 25% copper cons so vogue in the industry ?
So many juniors or producers offer up without batting an eye - 24% cons ?
My question is - if there;s only 25% copper with in a concentrate tonne then,
what about the other ores that make up the concentrate tonne ?
Headshaker ?
Most all juniors can recover 85 - 95% copper, gold, silver.
Why is it they sell a 25% concentrate if they can recover far higher values ?
Could it be the - 75% waste ores are not all waste ?
Is this what makes the 25% con so popular ?
What if the 75% waste ores contained similar minerals as above ?
Where do the majority of copper cons end up ?
China.
Would China take the liberty to sift those waste ores and capture all those
mineral credits ?
Ha....!!!
Cheap labor in China -
And... if one simply used solvent extractions - one might be able t oset up an electrolysis
that has plates for a variety of minerals .
Simply run the dissolved minerals in acids over each select eletro plate that instantly
attracts the tsargeted mineral.
Why is it -
China has such a hard time revelaing their mineral reserves ?
Ha...
Anyways....
Thought i'd share my own findings.
All spec.. .but worth the research.
These con's coming out of Canada might have more worth that meets the eye.
They say... they recieve penalties for poor waste ores with a 25% concentraqte, but...
if the waste ores are riddled with a variety of choice minerlas - does that make sense ?
of course not...
I stil lthink a junior who can recover 93% copper should not be selling a 25% copper.
More like = 93% copper con.
YUP - where are those 2nd round cobalite flotation tests Braveheart ?
Cheers....
30 point soil analysis - pdf
https://www.google.com/url?sa=t&rct=j&q=&esrc=s&source=web&cd=&cad=rja&uact=8&ved=2ahUKEwiaktD2jrjyAhUQCc0KHYddAJIQFnoECAMQAQ&url=https%3A%2F%2Faris.empr.gov.bc.ca%2FArisReports%2F37660.PDF&usg=AOvVaw1lAa8Qdy1z-oygxpEvbxDW